In the episode "The Great Escape" matt and martin are talking about the film the great escape and they cant remember the name of the character played by steve mcqueen. just then mandy comes in the door, so she cant possibly know what they are talking about. matt starts to ask her and she answers him before he can finish the question.
am i being really dumb and missing somethig dead obvious? i really dont get it.
Maybe Mandy has known Matt & Martin for so long that they have become really predictable, or maybe its this " womens intuition " thing we keep hearing about :-)
Maybe she was due her " Blobs ", girls go all wierd when they are due their " Blobs ".
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She caught the tail end of the conversation before she went into the room. If you remember you could hear Matthew and Martin in the kitchen arguing when Mandy's gay friend was in the living room. So she could probably hear them
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It wasn't that episode tru fan. It was in the episode when Mandy goes out to dinner to the Savoy with a man she met at the party and has an awful time...
The point of the joke regarding Steve Macqueen in the Great Escape is that Matt and Martin are totally amazed that a girl like Mandy would know the answer to a question concerning such a macho film as the Great Escape, that's all the joke is, not that you could really call it a gag..
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I think this is an example of where the writers tried to incorporate hints that Mandy - far from being the dumb, leg-spreading blonde people often think she is - is actually highly intelligent and well-read.
For example, her references in other episodes to Jean Paul Sartre's existential play 'Huis Clos' and to Miss Haversham in Dickens' Great Expectations.
The premise for the whole series was based on Huis Clos. Two guys and a girl (strikingly similar to Matt, Mandy and Martin) thrown together in Hell's Waiting Room, all unable to leave, each selfishly wanting an escape with no thought for each other. They manipulate and abuse each other in a futile attempt to escape their own lives. Ultimately trapped for eternity together through their own fears, insecurities and greed.
When Mandy returns to the flat in the last episode, its a sign that none of them are ever leaving.
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